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Hanae Mori, Carnegie Hall Fashion Show, 1990
Hanae Mori
Carnegie Hall
New York, United States
Mori, born in Shimane, Japan, in 1926, worked as a film costume designer before turning to fashion. Her Spring/Summer 1989 Haute Couture collection was admired for “combining impeccable Western dressmaking skills with the beauty of Japanese culture elements, such as calligraphy printed on silk chiffon.”
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- Title: Hanae Mori, Carnegie Hall Fashion Show, 1990
- Creator: Hanae Mori
- Fashion House: Hanae Mori
- Provenance: May 16, 1990, the stage of Carnegie Hall was transformed into a fashion runway for An Evening of Fashion & Music at Carnegie Hall. For the first time in the United States, nineteen top international fashion designers joined in a cooperative effort to present creations from each of their Fall 1990 collections, in a gala benefit for Carnegie Hall.
- Fashion Show: Carnegie Hall Fashion Show
- Season: Fall 1990
- Type: Dress
- Photographer: Steve J. Sherman
- Medium: Deconstructed sari
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